Survey, Clinical and Quality

Survey, Clinical and Quality National Academies Advisory Committee Issues Recommendations on Nursing Home Quality: The recommendations address seven goals, including the delivery of comprehensive, person-centered, and equitable care that promotes autonomy and manages risks. They also seek to ensure a well-prepared and appropriately compensated workforce, increase transparency and accountability, create a more rational and robust financing system, improve the survey process, enhance quality measurement and quality improvement processes, and promote adoption of health information technology.
April 12, 2022

Survey, Clinical and Quality Staffing Levels Webinar for Nursing Home Members: LeadingAge NY to offer educational session on nursing home staffing requirements on April 28^th.
April 12, 2022

Survey, Clinical and Quality State's Minimum Nursing Home Staffing Standards Take Effect Despite Statewide Health Care Staffing Emergency: The Governor extended the health care staffing emergency, but lifted the freeze on enforcement of nursing home staffing mandates. As a result, certain staffing flexibilities were continued, but nurse and aide minimum staffing levels took effect on April 1^st. LeadingAge NY is providing members with resources to respond to the requirements.
April 1, 2022

Survey, Clinical and Quality Barring Renewal, Executive Order Suspending Nursing Home Staffing Will Expire March 31st: Members should be prepared for the possibility that the State may start enforcing staffing levels effective April 1^st.
March 29, 2022

Survey, Clinical and Quality National Academies to Host Webinar on National Nursing Home Quality Report Findings: Webinar to be held on Wed., April 6^th from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
March 28, 2022

Survey, Clinical and Quality Talking Points for Nursing Home Members: LeadingAge NY has developed some key points for nursing home members fielding questions about press coverage.
March 22, 2022

Survey, Clinical and Quality President Biden to Unveil Nursing Home Initiative During State of the Union Address: Members encouraged to read Feb. 28^th White House Fact Sheet on new initiative.
March 1, 2022

Survey, Clinical and Quality Celebrate Social Work Month: LeadingAge NY recognizes the important contributions of social workers to long term care.
February 25, 2022

Survey, Clinical and Quality Nursing Home Reimbursement Update: DOH has finalized 2021 Nursing Home Quality Pool measures; no release date yet for January 2022 Medicaid rates.
February 15, 2022

Survey, Clinical and Quality CMS Extends Its Staffing Focus to Publicly Reported Data on Care Compare: CMS to add five new measures to staffing domain on Care Compare for nursing homes, including data on weekend staffing and staff turnover derived from PBJ data.
January 21, 2022